ENTEBBE, Uganda (eTN) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning a landmark visit to Uganda and Kenya this summer to mark 40 years since the July 4, 1976, Entebbe raid. ENTEBBE, Uganda ...

A veteran of the Entebbe raid that freed 103 hostages being held in a hijacked airplane in 1976 will give a lecture on the anti-terror operation in Central New York ...

Operation Thunderbolt ranks as one of the most dramatic events in the brief history of the State of Israel. The miraculous story of Israeli commandos flying literally under the radar to liberate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TIME spoke to historian Saul David, author of the leading book about the Entebbe raid, to sort the fact from the fiction. In 1976, ...

The 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight full of French and Israeli nationals and the one-shot-in-a-million rescue that then ensued has already inspired a documentary, two made-for-TV movies and one ...

The Israeli Prime Minister has always maintained that his brother played a heroic role in a historic 1976 hostage crisis, but director Jose Padilha’s drama tells a different story. By Tatiana Siegel ...

The terrorists threatened to kill more than 100 Israeli and Jewish passengers if their demands were not met. This threat led to the planning of the rescue operation. It’s worth noting that the pilot ...

VAIL — Chabad Jewish Center of Vail will host a presentation on Monday by Sassy Reuven, a veteran of the Israel Defense Special Operation Forces. During the terror-filled years of 1973-1976, Sassy ...

July 3, 1976. Four Israeli military passenger planes take off with 100 elite commandos and paratroopers on board. The destination is Entebbe, Uganda, and the mission is to rescue 105 hostages held at ...

Written by Gregory Burke, the story is based on the true events surrounding Operation Entebbe and the hijacking of an Air France plane bin 1976. By Tatiana Siegel Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike_Split ...

A dance piece by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin opens 7 Days in Entebbe and resurfaces in rehearsal or performance interludes throughout. Batsheva Dance Company members are arranged on chairs in a ...